“We’re now moving into phase two, which is to introduce the service to over 186,000 flatted properties. They’ll get a different type of service, they’ll get their own food caddy and a communal bin, which is for food waste only, and everyone in the close can use it.

“We want to increase our recycling rate. We want to encourage people to recycle.

“We’re looking to give people a separate service for food waste so we can keep it away from landfills.”

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Glasgow sends nearly 165,000 tonnes of household waste to landfill every year. However, by 2020, there will be a ban on any food waste going into landfill.

Mr Boyle has encouraged the people of Glasgow to think carefully about their weekly shop in a bid to cut down on their waste.

He said: “If we can encourage people not to produce the waste in the first place that would be great. It’s about getting into the mantra of recycling.

“I know when you’re in the supermarket you can get persuaded by the ‘two-for-one’ offers but if we can get people to think before they make that commitment, hopefully that will mean we’re not throwing away as much waste.

“If we still produce food waste, this new service will allow us to do something positive with it and avoid putting it in landfill."